7 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Rampage: New Year's Smash (Dec 30)

Downs...

3. How Many Piledrivers?

"Nitpicking from a curmudgeonly old-school fan".

This is that, people. Be warned, because an awful lot of you reading this probs won't agree or see a problem with Orange Cassidy kicking out of some piledrivers. To explain, this guy's issue with Orange getting a shoulder up after some moves isn't only to do with the actual moves themselves.

No, it's actually more about timing. Cassidy kicked out of a jumping Tombstone and a standard piledriver within 45 seconds of one another. That's two separate near falls on two major moves in quick succession, and that's just plain silly. All this did was make Trent Beretta look sh*t at delivering piledrivers.

Again, some won't mind it, but this fan did so it gets a 'Down'. Sorry! It's slightly disturbing to think we live in a world that sees The Undertaker's finish used as the first of two quick fire near falls in less than one minute. Some restraint would be nice, lads.